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Amo Probos (Love the virtuous)
Clan Blair takes in two lines of the same name with no documented common ancestor. Electric Scotland's account says the family of Blair of Blair in Ayrshire has maintained a high position in that county since the thirteenth century, and names Alexander de Blair, who flourished in the reigns of William the Lion and Alexander II, as ancestor of the Blairs of Balthayock in Perthshire, suggesting only that it is 'not impossible' he was a son of William de Blair of Blair. The Ayrshire seat was Blair House near Dalry and the Perthshire line held Balthayock Castle in Kinnoull parish. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs lists no Blair chief, and Blair Castle at Blair Atholl is not a Clan Blair property: as the Clan Blair Society itself notes, it is the seat of the Murrays, Dukes of Atholl.
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View all Blair productsWilliam de Blair of Blair is named in a contract, in William the Lion's reign[6]
Sir William de Blair is steward of Fife and is knighted by Alexander II[6]
Roger de Blair of that Ilk receives charters from Robert the Bruce[6]
A side arch at Balthayock Castle bears a panel reading 'A.B. (Blair) G.M. 1578'[3]
12Map outline: Natural Earth (public domain). Pins use official Historic Environment Scotland grid references.
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No. The Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs does not list a Blair chief.
No. Blair Castle at Blair Atholl is the seat of the Murrays, Dukes of Atholl, as the Clan Blair Society itself notes; it is not a Clan Blair property.
No common ancestor is documented. Electric Scotland's account treats the Blairs of Blair in Ayrshire and the Blairs of Balthayock in Perthshire as separate lines, saying only that it is 'not impossible' that Balthayock's ancestor Alexander de Blair was a son of William de Blair of Blair.
Amo Probos, Latin for 'Love the Virtuous', as listed by the Council of Scottish Clans & Associations.
Electric Scotland's account of the family says only that 'Sir Bryce, the elder son, was treacherously slain by the English, with other Ayrshire barons, at Ayr in 1296'. The better-known 'Barns of Ayr' version of that killing belongs to later tradition and is not repeated here.
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Clan ScottMagdalene Blair married William Scott, advocate, second son of John Scott of Malleny.